Motherhood Constellation

Taylor & Francis

This book explores the nature of parent-infant psychotherapies, therapies that are a major segment of the rapidly growing, sprawling field of infant mental health. It examines the different elements that make up the parent-infant clinical system. > This book explores the nature of parent-infant psychotherapies, therapies that are a major segment of the rapidly growing, sprawling field of infant mental health. It examines the different elements that make up the parent-infant clinical system. > Introduction -- The Clinical System in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy -- An Overview of the Clinical Situation -- The Parents' Representational World -- The Parents' Representations Enacted -- The Parent-Infant Interaction -- The Nature and Formation of the Infant's Representations -- The Infant's Representations Viewed Clinically -- The Therapist -- Therapeutic Approaches in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy and Their Commonalities -- Approaches That Aim to Change the Parents' Representations -- As